All those who supported Munśuk in the late rebellion are to be skinned alive.Munśuko śaiok to:lgu lilok śaukzejido jaŋuŋ rokkaba:ilurouŋMunśuk-OBJ support-PAST every-person near-PAST rule-NEG-NOM-LOC breathe-ADJ outside-NOM-remove-IMP-ADJ

A few prisoners were being tortured in the square in front of the palace this morning.Paunuŋ ba:ilsaragun yurkoksageokra daua:ido nizmado bu lil la:utinsome-ADJ remove-CAUS-PASS-PERSON-PL bad-die-CAUS-DUR-PAST-PASS city-PLACE-LOC before this come-day (=morning)

Na:iworgu Seki daudo go źenokgemi.Na:iworgu Seki city away go-past-DUR-REPSeki the Na:iworgu is out of town.

Munkasguno ja:iyiŋoki Akśim bono bado Begoŋno yaujina:nmiŋni to:l ka:imśigeguno lauku:rmize gau.Munkhâsh-man-PL-ACC tell-I-past-him Akśim one-ORD half-LOC Iliažë-GEN Beetle.god-SUBS-IND all sell-DUR-man-PL-ACC pay-REP-NEG thatI had to tell the Munkhâshi that Akśim does not favor those who sell copper in the first half of the month.NOTES: Iliažë (Wede:i Begoŋ) is Almea’s largest moon; in the absence of a formal calendar as of yet, it would seem appropriate that the Wede:i would judge time by its passage.

Yonjau jok niŋmaliguwo, na:nun a:inurono, wensano ka:impegunne.Speak-4 another trade-man-ACC god-PL help-IMP-me luck-CAUS-me buy-REP-man-PL-butThe gods help me if they talk to another trader, but thankfully they are old customers.

Jirobu śirśiya niŋmaliwo menmiŋta:i yemiŋŋir we:śiŋoki.Hour-before small-small deal-ACC resin-right tin-left make-past-I-himIn the meantime we negotiated a minor deal, tin for resin.NOTES: Resin is literally “pine-cone substance”; tin is “river-substance”. The Wede:i merchant would most probably be using his right hand to hand over goods; the other party would use their own right hand (on the trader’s left) to display their own.

La:uliŋtaize ra:ido yebi:do lumenzeki leźuyunone.Meet-I-DES-him-NEG none-LOC gold-LOC wash-REFL-NEG-if trust-TENT-me-CONTI wouldn’t be caught dead with him if he wasn’t dripping with gold, but he seems to like me.NOTES: Without a word for “like” or “friend”, the best approximation of “like” is leźu “trust”.

Yonpe, lirayonuŋ mo:mo gu:meno la:uliŋta gu:mekzene.Say-REP see-PASS-say-ADJ young man-PL-ACC see-I-DES men-COLL-NEG-CONT“I appreciate honest young men,” he says, “there’s so few of them.”NOTES: “Honest” is here “saying what is seen”, thus what is (for them) true. Alternatively, Miriŋil could have said lirayongumeno “men who say what is seen”.

Ja:iamano ituri kalju boboka yokbosirka pamurazejuze.Story-AUG-PL-ACC read good-ABIL one-one-and two-one-without-and hear-PASS-NEG-ABIL-NEGIt’s all very well to read the great epics, but you can’t ignore addition and subtraction.

Yok śirgo paźiwajuŋun na:nku:rraun paźiwajuŋurze zu:rtokmi ŋu:mazinli paźiwano.Two three-away king-son-PL god-give-PASS-PL king-son-GER-NEG sleep.with-past-REP mountain-woman-PL-INS king-GENTwo of three of their Eminences the Princes seem to have taken some un-princely liberties with the King’s concubines.

Munśuk mikzeulge biźa:indo Akśimno benuŋlil digugeka.Munśik tie-not-PASS-REP grass-place-PL-LOC Xengi-GEN lower-near hide-REP-andIt is rumored that Munśuk is still at large, hiding in the marshes of the lower Xengi.

Bokugo komonodo la:ok ŋa:ila:zeul,Bokugo house-my-LOC come-past invite-not-PPBokugo came over to my house uninvited:

Lioksanota lil yedako.See-past-CAUS-me-DESI this think-COLL-ACCHe was anxious to show off his latest ruminations.

La:uliokmi bokan ŋoki ku:rurno, źalkanki da:urgaujinki jok bokan murize, bogunśi ku:rraki, to:lak bokanno la:usaraju śebarge źalkanli tu:busir.Find-past-TENT object-PL same give-GER-GEN/table-PL-if skin.fruit-PL-if other object-PL change-NEG/person-PL-DATPAS give-PASS-if/each-group object-PL-GEN summon-PASS-ABIL make-DUR table-PL-INST smooth-withoutHe has found that whenever a given number of objects–tablets, oranges, it doesn’t matter what kind of objects–are distributed among the same number of people, the total quantity of objects can be calculated with complicated tables which he is working out.

Beśasir lil śiga, Bokugo losuwo ŋo:duyumine.Flesh-without this work-N/Bokugo moose-ACC hunt-TENT-REP-butIt’s all very abstract, but Bokugo seems to think he’s on to something.Literally, “Bokugo seems to think he’s hunting a moose”.

Ŋaiktajau źalkano bogun da:uruno riŋtukano bokano ku:rtakiźu, yonokiŋi, liuzeoknone pamokzenoka.Carry-want-4 table-PL-ACC person-PL skin-PL-ACC beer-GEN object-PL-ACC give-DES-if-Q/say-past-1-3/see-NEG-past-me-but hear-past-NEG-me-andI asked him if people were really going to lug these tables around when they wanted to distribute skins of beer or whatever, but he didn’t pay any attention.“He did not see me and did not hear me” for “he didn’t pay any attention [to me]”.

Nitwensir leźuŋ beśara.Walk.tool-without trust-ADJ flesh-insideHe doesn’t have a practical bone in his body.

Hurrah, you've joined us! I'll alter my own passages accordingly (I note that the Munkhâshi are "ktuvok-men" here; does that mean the Wede:i were familiar with ktuvoks to some degree? If so, what was their opinion of them?), but I'm not sure how much to change, so I'll wait for your word (ha, ha) before totally revamping them.

OK, the update is up. The grammar has been revised and extended, the lexicon is nearly doubled, and all the translated bits of the Multipliers (and more) have been added.

I have followed some but not all of the suggestions for words. Mostly this is because I can create roots. Sometimes I preferred a different etymology or idiom. A few times it was because the word already existed. (The time words, for instance, already lived in the Xurnese grammar.)

Both Mornche and Pedant did amazing work with the limited lexicon available.

(Some of the new roots go back to Proto-Southern, which now has nearly 170 roots. A few could be traced back from Old Skourene. Others will require tracing forward to OS, but I haven't done this yet.)

Oops, an artifact of the translation process. I copied your and Pedant's translations, then replaced them line by line. In this case, rather than supplying the gloss, I kept Pedant's version— for his gloss, see a couple posts above.

We:śokmi to:l ŋazan,Make-PAST-TENT all tablet-PLHe seems to have completed all of his tables;

Ra:i jiro liuri do:te:duma.Not.any hour see-REM-him excited-AUGI’ve never seen him so excited.

Ŋaiśigoki.Hand.work-PAST-themHe demonstrated them.

Bi:ka keŋuno baŋ boka kalliulunni ku:rilmiki, Bokugono ŋazanli, tausebaŋ tauseka keŋuno ku:rilyu.Silver bar-PL-ACC six one-AND friend-PL-IND give-thou-TENT-if / Bokugo-GEN tablet-PL-INS / four.six four-AND bar-PL-ACC give-thou-thenSay you have seven friends and given them each four silver bars. You will have given them twenty-eight bars, according to Bokugo’s tables.

To:lze:nu boyokali ŋoziwo ze:nyaiju, źenul ŋozi boyok zu:rokiŋka, ku:rboyokak Bokugono śabukmaze.Certain add-noun-INS same-ACC find.out-ABIL / do-PASS same sum take-past-1-AND / multiplication Bokugo-GEN fast-AUG-butYou could figure it out with addition, of course (I did just that, in fact, and came up with just the same number), but not so quickly.

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